Exam 9: Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

_____ is a particular type of centration in which a child may insist that Mommy is his mother, not his cousin's aunt.

The goal of teacher-directed early-education programs is to _____.

Antonio is as competent in his second language as in his native Italian. Antonio is a(n) _____.

Explain at least three main characteristics of preoperational thinking.

By age 6, many children have a vocabulary of about 10,000 words.

Studies of children solving the day-night test reveal that _____ correlates with maturation of the prefrontal cortex.

Jennie sees her third-grade teacher in the grocery store and is shocked to see her outside of school. This shock is likely due to Jennie's _____.

Salim is in a teacher-directed preschool. Which activity would his parents expect him to be doing?

To focus on one aspect of a situation and simultaneously exclude all other aspects is called _____.

Preschoolers try to construct a reason for the things that they see and hear. This tendency is known as _____.

What role does language play in guided participation?

Child-centered programs stress children's development and growth.

Discuss the concept of language shift in bilingualism. What is it and how do young children exhibit it?

Jake's father takes him to the barber for his first real haircut. At first, Jake is excited; but as soon as the barber makes the first cut in his hair, Jake becomes very upset and tells his father to make the barber stop. In spite of his father's efforts to assure him that his hair will grow back, Jake is devastated. Jake is exhibiting the characteristic known as _____.

Irreversibility refers to the preoperational child's tendency to _____.

It is always better for a young child to attend preschool than to be home with a parent.

The key research conclusion about what is important for early-childhood education, whether at home or at school, is the _____ of the educational environment.

Preoperational thinking is _____.

A preschooler's approach to the world is controlled more by his or her own subjective views of the world than by reality.

Longitudinal studies of the effects of intensive preschool programs has shown that _____.